Rugged??ÿ Reliable??ÿ Adequate performance?
I knew John Deere was in the GPS business - but now Kubota?
Climate controlled utility vehicle? Seems a little extravagant for field work.
Climate controlled utility vehicle? Seems a little extravagant for field work.
I got one of these instead. It's even street legal! I admit I am a little lost as to what the killer app is for these big UTVs.
There are places i've worked where a UTV is just a liability. At the same time we have the terrain, soil composition and business model that demands one. Driven properly they can go places no truck will ever go...
I drove the kawasaki. It was excellent. It's big, but handles very well. Many are using Polaris Ranger.
Yeah, but air conditioning on a UTV?
Also, I spent a few minutes searching this site for a thread on tires. It returned 37 pages of results but for some reason only a couple of posts appeared and they didn't have the answer. What do you do for the tires on a UTV? Do you carry spares or fix-aflat. Do you buy puncture resistant tires or kevlar lined?
Tires. Put slime in all 4 tires. Add air every 6 mos.
Polaris tires can be run flat. So, trip to truck can be made on flat tire.
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I have found an ultimate tire for atv, sxs and such.
Put a set of Interco Reptile steel belted radials on my Honda Rancher several years ago and they still show very little wear and I've had one puncture to fix and it was on the sidewall.
I've worn out 2 sets of original Honda tires and 3 sets of Dust Devils before I found these and the Reptiles are awesome for durability and aggressiveness when needed.
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Polaris rangers are my fav. I use atvs and utvs frequently. Steer clear of the gator. Mud lite tires are awesome in deep snow. Whatever you choose, I second the tire slime, I always do this. 1 bottle per tire, pull the stem out to flatten it, fill with 1 bottle of slime per tire, replace stem and over inflate, then drive fast for several minutes to distribute, then air down tires to desired pressure. Never had a flat this way.
I am in the market for one and I gotta tell you these UTV's are as big as a Suzuki Samui or the early Jeeps. They are far to large to be useful in the woods. They might work on trails or fields and they will certainly work on construction sites.
I'm gonna be testing a ruggedized Ezgo golf cart next week. Kinda like the Bad Boy Buggies.
I just specked out a Ranger last week and John Deere 590 and both of them were right at 13k and I just cannot bring myself to drop that much for one.
I am in the market for one and I gotta tell you these UTV's are as big as a Suzuki Samui or the early Jeeps. They are far to large to be useful in the woods. They might work on trails or fields and they will certainly work on construction sites.
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that's the exact same thought that made me opt for a 4-wheeler.?ÿ i was at the dealer, in my nissan frontier, when the salesman pulled the ranger up beside it so i could take it for a spin.?ÿ i immediately noticed that they cut remarkably similar profiles from the front.?ÿ and while there is certainly somewhat of an advantage in turning radius over a king-cab small pickup, i figured i might as well just drive the truck around in the woods, instead of using one truck mainly to pull the other truck around just so i can unload it and drive it around in the woods, then load it back up and pull it back to the office with the second truck.
the 4-wheeler gives up obvious things in terms of payload and ease-of-entry, but for 99.9% of the work this relatively healthy and agile guy does (did), those aren't considerations at all.?ÿ?ÿ
still not busy enough (or solvent enough) with this new gig to even consider buying anything, but if/when i got to that point, it'd be a 4-wheeler all day long before i go buy what amounts to a second truck.
My Yamaha Wolverine is one of the best tools in my box.?ÿ I wore out a Yamaha Rhino, used it for about ten years.
Two people can ride comfortably and carry all the equipment.?ÿ Also great for construction staking.?ÿ
It's not as maneuverable as a 4 wheeler, but it works OK.?ÿ Sometimes there are two trees on a 4 wheeler trail that I can't go between, but they are few and far between.?ÿ The good outweighs the bad, far as I'm concerned.
I bought the extended warranty on both the rhino and the wolverine, so far been a waste of money.?ÿ Only problems I've had with the Yamahas are mostly standard maintenance type issues.?ÿ
I might not buy the same gps system when I upgrade, but would go with Yamaha again.
As Nate says, "slime" the tires, too.
